09 May 2012

Les îles du Salut (Salvation islands)

Credits Wikipedia
Several images can be associated to French Guiana (e.g. peper, rain forest, rockets, etc...), but only one image is associated to the Salvation islands: Prisons.
to be continued....

Ile Royale
House of the island Governor (presently museum)



Hospital
Seznec' prison cell
Prison ruins seen from the sea?
The little pillar (in the middle) was used to set a cable to drop the food to the devil island on the opposite side (see below) where A. Dreyfus was injustly kept isolated.
Ile du Diable (Devil's island)  - This island is not open to public
View on the Devil's island from the auberge on the Royale Island
Dreyfus' isolated prison cell
Southern tip of the Devils' island
Ile Saint Joseph









La piscine des bagnards/Prisoners pool (pool maded by the prisoners)

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